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Heterosexual plots and lesbian narratives /

What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters, and portray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly (or covertly) lesbian? Does there have to be a lesbian theme and must it be politically acceptable?. Marilyn Farwell here examines the work of such writers as Adri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farwell, Marilyn R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, 1996
Colección:Cutting edge (New York, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • When is a lesbian narrative a lesbian narrative?
  • Narrative: the elastic project
  • The lesbian subject: a war of images
  • The romantic lesbian narrative: Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-one love poems" and Marilyn Hacker's Love, death, and the changing of the seasons
  • The heroic lesbian narrative: Marion Zimmer Bradley's The mists of Avalon and Gloria Naylor's The women of Brewster Place
  • The postmodern lesbian text: Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the cherry and Written on the body.